Highlights

The announcement, made to coincide with World Wildlife Day on 3 March, saw Priorslee Flash and Heath Hill & Pool Hill in Great Dawley officially designated as LNRs. Additionally, the existing Madebrook site has been extended to include Holmer Lake.

Land at the junction of Hay Street in Tibberton, near Newport, has been pencilled in to take 25 homes in the draft local plan but Boningale Developments says it needs to take 85.

One councillor claimed that a “repetitive pothole” on the borough’s key A442 road had caused “blow outs” to as least six vehicles and was “already starting to fail”.

Although councillors ended up passing the council tax increase there were distinctly different levels of support for setting the council’s £230-odd million revenue budget and its inevitable impact on people’s wallets and purses.

A public consultation is now open from Thursday 26 February to Sunday 15 March 2026, giving people the chance to share their experiences, ideas and priorities for the future care of the Ironbridge Gorge.

At their meeting tonight (26 February), elected Members of Telford & Wrekin Council approved the local authority’s budget proposals for 2026/27. 70p in every £1 spent will be used to support the most vulnerable people in the Borough.

See what the money has been earmarked for…

Charles Green, of CPRE Shropshire, disagreed with the need for ‘planning to meet the needs of other people as well’ as Telford.

Emergency services have been working at the scene of a single-vehicle collision in Longdon-upon-Tern this morning. Fire crews from Wellington assisted one person from a vehicle after it ended up in a ditch. Read the full details of the rescue operation here.

Plans have been finalised to transform a former Wellington care home site that has recently been plagued by anti-social behaviour. A new specialist facility is set to be built to meet an urgent local need, with the existing buildings now marked for demolition.

Robin Bennett, Yasser Khan, and Justine Vaughan’s positions were approve by the Fire Authority at a meeting at Telford Central Fire Station on Tuesday

A Telford coffee shop is looking for local artists to showcase their work on its walls. With no display fees and a chance to support a great charity, this could be the perfect spot to sell your paintings. Find out how you can get involved and where to sign up.

“How many children come out of school and within a year of going into a home they get into financial difficulty?

“I was quite well educated but I got myself into difficulty 50 years ago because there was nobody to teach me how to manage money and how to look after a home.

Hollinswood and Randlay Parish Council was told that the flytipping at Deercote after Christmas posed a “difficult time” in finding the organisation responsible for clearing it up.

Parish clerk Katrina Baker told Monday’s full council meeting that the fly tip pile “ended up absolutely huge” and included mattresses, some furniture and Christmas trees.

Queensway Specialist School has been accredited with NAS for several years, but the advanced status means the school is now among a select group of organisations recognised at the highest possible level.

Organised by the local MP for 20th Feb, the event is intended to give residents a chance to discuss their experiences with services ahead of a planned government consultation on SEND funding and reform.

Booking details on website, link in comments.

The Wrekin MP Mark Pritchard has written to the government and local council seeking urgent clarification on where asylum seekers will be housed in Telford. Following reports that the Madeley Court Hotel will stop being used for such accommodation within weeks, questions remain about where the residents will be moved to.

Emergency services were called to Stebbings in Sutton Hill on Sunday afternoon following reports of a house fire.

The fire involved a mattress which had been set alight against the side of a property.

The 340 links Whitchurch, Market Drayton and Wellington, taking passengers to railway stations, Telford College and the Princess Royal Hospital.

Buses operate from Monday to Saturday, starting at 7.05am from Whitchurch and 7.10am from Wellington.

Residents of a Shropshire parish have until February 10 to call for a by election following the resignation of a councillor.

Ercall Magna Parish Council says it is looking for an enthusiastic and interested person to fill the vacancy created by the resignation of Councillor Chris Grant.

The notice offered them the opportunity to resolve the matter without court proceedings. No explanation for the disposal of the waste was provided, and the individual has now paid the £450 fine in full.

Planners had turned down the proposal, saying it fails to respect the established character of the area, appearing visually dominant and incongruous.

They also said that when added to a previous extension it would result in over-development.

The Telford & Wrekin Council officials consider that the property in one of the towns premier streets would classify as a change of use and that they need to consider the impact it would have on the area.

Applicant Ibukun Makinde, of Felyx Capital Limited, in Sutton Coldfield, acting for Prosper Supported Living Services, had said there is “no material difference in planning terms between the proposed use and the current use as a dwelling.”

Officials at Telford & Wrekin Council told planning agents for Everready Health and Social Care Solutions that time deadlines could not be extended for the issues to be dealt with.

No members of the public raised objections to the change of use of the property in Anson Drive but officials had many.

One key objection to the proposals was an objection by Telford & Wrekin Council who expressed concern about the drainage.

In their objection, they commented “The proposed dwelling is in an area of high surface water flood risk and as such will require an FRA (Flood Risk Assessment) to justify an intensification of use on the plot.

“There is recent flood history from a culverted watercourse feature which is thought to pass through the grounds.”

Fire crews found a campfire which had been started by a member of the public in the park.

They provided advice to those present regarding fires within public and council owned spaces.

Historically it was considered unsafe for patients with pacemakers or implantable cardiac defibrillators to go into an MRI scanner because of the metal content. 

Previously, these patients would have had to travel outside of the area to an alternative hospital trust for an MRI scan.